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 NSF’s Innovatjon-Corps Programs March 21, 2014 1

… with a litule help from our friends … people who make up NSF’s I-Corps  Team: I-Corps Management Team: I-Corps Management Team: Rathindra DasGupta (ENG) Rathindra DasGupta (ENG) Don Millard (EHR) Don Millard (EHR) Anita La Salle (CISE) Anita La Salle (CISE) I-Corps Operatjons Team: I-Corps Operatjons Team: Rathindra DasGupta (ENG) Rathindra DasGupta (ENG) Don Millard (EHR) Don Millard (EHR) Steve Ellis (BIO) Steve Ellis (BIO) Anita La Salle (CISE) Anita La Salle (CISE) Rafgaella Montelli (GEO) Rafgaella Montelli (GEO) Thyaga Nandagopal (CISE) Thyaga Nandagopal (CISE) Linda Sapochak (MPS) Linda Sapochak (MPS) Mo Wang (SBE) Mo Wang (SBE) Alexandra Medina-Borja (OIIA) Alexandra Medina-Borja (OIIA) I-Corps Logistjcs Support Teams: I-Corps Logistjcs Support Teams: Support stafg from co-funding Divisions Support stafg from co-funding Divisions  2

What are we trying to achieve Building the Natjon’s I-Corps  with I-Corps  ? ---------------------- “Fabric” – and it’s all about educatjon I-Corps  Nodes I-Corps  Sites I-Corps  Mentors I-Corps  Teams  3

A Hectjc First Two Years… • I-Corps™ Teams:  296 Teams  Curriculum Delivery Oversight  Mentor + PI + EL focus sessions  Start-Up creatjons  Mentor recycling  SBIR/STTR proposal submission to various agencies  One acquisitjon  Private investments • I-Corps™ Nodes:  (5) I-Corps Nodes • I-Corps™ Sites  (4) I-Corps Sites • MOU with ARPA-E • And many others… 4

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I-Corps  Sites Some motjvatjons for I-Corps Sites Program: Some motjvatjons for I-Corps Sites Program: • A need to increase the pool of potentjal NSF I-Corps Teams by supportjng local teams • A need to increase the pool of potentjal NSF I-Corps Teams by supportjng local teams whose projects are likely candidates for commercializatjon. whose projects are likely candidates for commercializatjon. • Leverage intellectual assets of academic instjtutjons and instjll a culture of • Leverage intellectual assets of academic instjtutjons and instjll a culture of entrepreneurship in universitjes entrepreneurship in universitjes Sites are funded at academic instjtutjons: Sites are funded at academic instjtutjons: • with already existjng innovatjon or entrepreneurial units, • with already existjng innovatjon or entrepreneurial units, • to enable them to nurture teams of students and/or faculty who are engaged in • to enable them to nurture teams of students and/or faculty who are engaged in projects having the potentjal to be transitjoned into the marketplace. projects having the potentjal to be transitjoned into the marketplace. Sites can be funded up to $100,000/year for up to 3 yrs. Sites can be funded up to $100,000/year for up to 3 yrs. Sites provide: Sites provide: • infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunitjes, training, and • infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunitjes, training, and • modest funding ($1,000 to $3,000 total to individual teams) to enable groups to • modest funding ($1,000 to $3,000 total to individual teams) to enable groups to transitjon their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team. Approx. 30 transitjon their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team. Approx. 30 teams per instjtutjon per year. teams per instjtutjon per year. Sites can serve as “feeders” to produce I-Corps-eligible teams. Sites can serve as “feeders” to produce I-Corps-eligible teams.  6

I-Corps Nodes Level 1 – Regional Level 1 – Regional Level 2 – Develop Tools Level 2 – Develop Tools Level 3 – Blue Sky Level 3 – Blue Sky + + Training and Resources Research Training and Resources Research  7

What are we trying to achieve Building the Natjon’s with I-Corps  ? ---------------------- I-Corps  “Fabric” I-Corps  Nodes Questjons? I-Corps  Sites I-Corps  Mentors I-Corps  Teams  8